Skirball Cultural Center presents “The 1960s — A Generation on Fire: Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles”
The exhibition shares two new sections of the public art mural on view for the first time, featuring moments from an era of collective action that still resonates today.
The Skirball Cultural Center has unveiled a new exhibition titled "The 1960s — A Generation on Fire: Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles," featuring monumental murals that present history as a living, contested, and shared narrative. The exhibition showcases Baca's evolving vision, which began with the 1974 Great Wall as a monument to California's ethnic peoples, and expanded to include sections focusing on the 1960s, a decade marked by the Civil Rights Movement and the cultural awakening of a "generation on fire."
Visitors will experience the murals alongside preparatory drawings, an immersive video installation, and an interactive component called MuralMemoirs, where they can share their own histories. The exhibition will be on view at the Skirball from October 2026 to February 2027, with new sections of the mural revealed throughout.
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